Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (front, left) presents the Gold Star Award 2018 to a business at the ceremony on December 23 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Gold Star Award 2018was presented in Hanoi on December 23 to honour the 200 best businesses in thecountry.
The 200 firms generated more than 912 trillionVND (39 billion USD) in revenue and contributed over 72 trillion VND (3 billionUSD) to the state budget this year. They posted an after-tax profit of about 72trillion VND and created jobs for 417,000 people.
The top 10 in the list are VinGroup, Thanh ThanhCong Investment JSC, Hoa Binh Construction Group JSC, FPT JSC, Hoa Phat GroupJSC, Thien Long Group JSC, Century Land JSC, Traphaco JSC, Minh Phu SeafoodJSC, and An Cuong Wood Working JSC.
The Award honours the enterprises that have achievedgood business performance and sustainable development and undertaken goodsocial responsibility.
The Vietnam Gold Star Award marked its 15thanniversary this year. It has honoured 2,127 brands and products so far,helping to promote the stature of Vietnamese brands and businesses in theinternational economic integration period.
It is organised by the Ho Chi Minh CommunistYouth Union Central Committee, the Vietnam Youth Federation Central Committeeand the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association. –VNA
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Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (front, left) presents the Gold Star Award 2018 to a business at the ceremony on December 23 (Photo: VNA) 
